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BUILD strives to bolster students’ STEM identity via competence, performance, recognition, and co-curriculum engagement. Attending workshops/seminars, professional development events and skill-building courses can assist in building a student’s STEM Identity.
The purpose of this passport is to encourage you to attend additional activities that help gain skills for STEM careers and/or graduate programs while providing financial support.
Stipends can affect your financial aid package, contact the financial aid office prior to accepting a passport stipend.
Phone: 303-556-8593
Email: [email protected]
There are five options:
Option 1
Attend 4 additional optional events and receive $100.
Option 2
Complete Entire Career Building Section. Share your Cover Letter, Resume, Vmock Score (MSU Students only) and receive $200.
Option 3
Complete STEM Career Planning Guide and receive $200.
Option 4
Attend all four Reframing Math Anxiety Workshops and receive $100. Please RSVP for them here.
Option 5
Take the Foundations of Research class, UC390A (CRN 54045) and receive $350.
Contact Lori Taylor for a passport or for questions [email protected]
Your Passport needs to be completed by November 25, 2024.
Option 1
- Student Employment Job Fair, Tuesday, August 27, 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., Tivoli 320 ABC
- Career Peer Mentor Meet & Greet, Tuesday, September 3, 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m., Tivoli 440/540
- Career Lab Grand Re-Opening, Tuesday, September 10, 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Tivoli 223
- Get Your Resume Ready, Monday, September 16, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., JSSB 324
- Infrastructure Career Fair, Wednesday, September 18, 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m., Opportunities for Civil Engineering Technology and Engineering
- Job Fair Prep, Monday, September 23, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., JSSB 324
- Career Lab, Tuesday and Wednesday, September 24 and 25, 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., Science Building 1009
- STEM Fair, Thursday, September 26, 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m., Tivoli Turnhalle
- VMock Resume Workshop, Thursday, October 10, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Virtual (Link TBA)
- Resume/LinkedIn Workshop, Monday, October 14, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., Virtual (Link TBA)
- Job Fair Prep, Thursday, October 17, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., JSSB 324
- Fall Job and Internship Fair, Thursday, October 24, 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m., Tivoli Turnhalle
- Women in STEM Conference, Friday, October 25, Tivoli 440/540
- Career Carnival, Thursday, October 31, 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m., Tivoli Turnhalle
Completion of Option 1 requires you to turn in your passport and summaries of your events into Lori Taylor in SI 1051.Email Lori Taylor at [email protected] if you have questions regarding the Passport Program.
Option 2
- Complete a Resume
- Complete a Cover Letter
- Complete a LinkedIn Profile
- Upload Resume to Vmock (CCD students cannot complete this step)
- Go to http://www.linkedin.com to create a LinkedIn account
- Add to your network.
- Add your skills
- Have your professors/Mentors endorse your skills.
- Here is a description of how to do it: http://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/31888/skill-endorsements-overview?lang=en
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Managing Your Settings for Receiving and Giving Skill Endorsements
- http://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/88215
Your resume gets you the interview. Use your resume to to reflect your work and achievements.
VMock is an AI powered resume builder. It will assist you in creating, updating and giving you feedback on your resume.
VMock instructions:
- Go to: vmock.com/msudenver
- Login to your VMock account using your MSU Denver credentials and upload your
- Once logged in, click blue button labeled “Upload Resume” and choose document.
- VMock reads the document and provides feedback and a score.
Option 3
Complete all steps in the STEM Career Planning Guide. Provide a paragraph on what you gained from going through this process.
Option 4
You are not alone: Wednesday, September 4, 2024
5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m., SI 1068
Reflecting on reading: Wednesday, September 11, 2024
5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m., SI 1068
Overcome Anxiety: Wednesday, September 25, 2024
5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m., SI 1068
Mathematics for Human Flourishing: Wednesday, October 2, 2024, 5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m., SI 1068
RSVP http://rb.gy/d8olqz
Option 5
Foundations of Research UC390A
CRN 54045
Contact Kristy Duran for Questions [email protected]